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People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for ...more

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Isn't bravery always sort of beautiful?

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He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward cou...more

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A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.

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you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

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Do you think... do you think people ever learn anything?

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To do otherwise with a 'prentice was to ask for a second, less playful bite. And who would be to blame for that? Who but the teacher? For was he not t...more

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Tim Stoutheart was afraid, too,” I said. “But he went on. I expect you to do the same.